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Steven Gerrard

Liverpool's talisman earns £120,000 a week. Given his importance to the team's cause, fans would not begrudge him a penny. Endorsement deals with Adidas and Lucozade add £750,000 a year, giving him annual earnings of at least £7m. Gerrard, 28, faced charges of assault and affray after an incident at a bar in December. The assault charge was dropped last month and the remaining charge is due to go to trial in July. Gerrard has invested £5m in Merseyside penthouse apartments over the past year, so will have been affected by the property slump. His wife, Alex Curran, is a leading member of the Wives and Girlfriends (Wags) club, who until the present England manager Fabio Capello came on the scene, kept the tabloids entertained when they accompanied their underperforming partners to international football matches. Curran,